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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III - The Last Hunters.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were sail-powered draggers called?
(a) Smacks.
(b) Widgets.
(c) Wingets.
(d) Dibs.

2. In Great Britain since the nineteenth century, cod has meant ____.
(a) Joke or prank.
(b) Dolt.
(c) Bridge.
(d) Government official.

3. What are cod called after the larval stage?
(a) Spawn.
(b) Spelders.
(c) Juveniles.
(d) Creepers.

4. What is the name of the tropical body of water that once ran around the earth east-west and connected all the oceans?
(a) The Proto-Caribbean Sea.
(b) The Chixiclub Sea,
(c) The Tethys Sea.
(d) The Panthalassic Ocean.

5. Newfoundland became a province of _____ after World War II.
(a) Canada.
(b) The U.S.
(c) Britain.
(d) Greenland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the fishing ground off the coast of Ireland called?

2. Where was the Puritan minister, Francis Higgenson, from?

3. According to the book, who is the biggest buyer of the draggers' catch?

4. 16th century salt was produced by _____.

5. Europe's best salt was supposed to have come from which country?

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